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COMMUNITY HEALTH CEU
326, V Main, I Block
30 OCT 1992
Kpram&ng.ala
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J anashakti
july 1992
(for private circulation only)
vol.2.No.3
Kulavalli Land Issue
Kulawalli is a cluster of nine villages
in Bailahongal taluk, Kitlur, Kar
nataka. Il has a population of about
1800 and covers over 9900 acres of
land. Of this only around 490 acres
of land is cultivable and around 6700
acres of land comes under forests.
This was an “inam” village granted
to one Sri Lingangouda bin
Iranagouda of Khodanpur. Kitlur, of
course, is a well known place in the
annals of Indian history. Among the
rulers who governed Kittur, Rani
Chennamma stands out as a heroine
who withstood the British invasion. It
is said, if not for the betrayal by the
insiders, the Britishers could not
defeat her as it has been the case of
many of the rulers of India. Sangolli
RayannaTwas a close associate of Kit
lur Chennamma. He was captured by
the Britishers with the help of
treachery. The one who betrayed San
golli Rayanna and helped the British
to capture him was bestowed with this
land. Such gifts were known as “inam”
and the recipient of the gift is known
as Inamdar.
The inam has been abolished under
the provisions of the Bombay Personal
Inams Abolition Act 1952 which came
into force on 01.08.1953. In 1961 Kar
nataka government brought into effect
the Land Reforms Act. Under this
Act, many tenants approached the
land tribunal for grant of occupancy
rights under section 48A of the Land
Reforms Act. Some were given oc
cupancy rights while majority of the
applications were rejected on the
ground that the land is forest land,
since the government had transferred
an area of 7965 acres of land to the
Forest Department by a notification
in 1955. This was contested in the
court of law. One Mr. R.K. Desai
along with five others managed to get
the judgement in their favour from
the Divisional Bench on 10.07.1988.
The judgement though recognised
that the management of vegetation
vests with the Forest Department, the
ownership of land is not changed due
to the notification.
A large junk, of the land
has been leased out to
West Coast Paper Mills for
the cultivation of Eucalyp
tus trees and other land
has been distributed to
various tenants.
Leasing of these lands not only vio
lates the provisions of the Karnataka
Land Reforms Act 1961, but it also
violates the directions contained in
the Notifications under scc.35(l) of
the Indian Forest Act 1927. Secondly
the said lands arc utilised for pur
poses other than the forest, which it
self is a violation of the restrictions
imposed on such lands. Large areas
arc cleared for cultivation. The vil
lagers pay rent to the Inamdars in
lieu of the cultivation. Even though
the tenancy has been prohibited
under Karnataka Land Reforms Act,
a large number of farmers of this vil
lage arc cultivating the lands as
tenants. These tenants arc changed
every two or three years to desist them
from staking any claim on lite lands
.tilled by them.
The end of 1990 and the beginning
of 1991 proved to be a remarkable
period in the life and activities of
Fedina’s programme at Kittur.
Federation of Voluntary Organisa
tions for Rural Development in Kar
nataka (Fcvord-K) had negotiated
with the Forest Department in involv
ing local people in developing
degraded forests. The Forest Depart
ment, though hesitant initially, agreed
in principle, to experiment in certain
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areas, specially where voluntary or
ganisations for rural development
were active amidst people. They were
requested to interact with the
Taluk/District level Forest Depart
ments and find out areas-where
degraded forests exist, and involve
people in their development.
The team at Kittur, after much dis
cussion, decided to explore the pos
sibilities of initiating this programme
and involve the villagers in the
development of degraded forests.
Dr.Gopal Dabade, the team leader at
Kittur, met the Range Forest Officer
(RFO) and informed him of the in
tention of the team and requested col
laboration of the forest department
to identify the degraded lands. To' in
troduce the team and himself, Gopal
gave him a copy of the annual report
of 1989-90 in which the various ac
tivities of our programme were
detailed.
This report also contained details
about the local issues, specially con
cerning land and forests, about illegal
felling of trees and its transportation
with the connivance of local landlords,
politicians and forest officials.
A couple of days passed. On the
morning of 28lh December, the Forest
Beat caught hold of nearly ten vil-
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tegers from Kulawalli who were
proceeding to Kittur to sell the
firewood in order: to purchase other
commodities that arc required for
their survival. It was their livelihood.
Of all the days, this day happened
to be different. The Forest Beat
stopped them, seized their cycles and
informed diat Dr.Gopal Dabade has
lodged a complaint against them of
illegally culling trees and selling
firewood etc. No amount of pleading
worked. They had to return home
without their cycles. Gangadhar, one
of die team member came to know
about this incident as he was residing
in dial village.
On the following Sunday, the team
look this matter up for discussion in
their weekly meeting. They, after dis
cussion, came to' a conclusion that it
could be a routine matter of checking
and that diere may not be any need
of the team getting into it. Gangadhar
returned to the village after the team
meeting. In the village the Inamdar
met him and informed that he has
called a meeting of the villagers the
next day and he would like Gangadhar
to participate in the meeting. Gan
gadhar sensing some trouble sent
word for Gopal and also requested
Gopal to bring the Forest Beat along
with him for the meeting.
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The Inamdar had his vested interests
at slake for various reasons mentioned
earlier. Added to that, the lease that
he had entered into with West Coast
Paper Mills would come to an end
in 1992. If there arc some problems
by the people and if they would be
come aware of the whole situation,
lie would be at the loosing end.
Hence, he was interested to get into
the situation and get full control of
the issue so that he could have smooth
sailing and keep the “conscicntizcrs”
away.
Before getting the information from
Gangadhar, Gopal had met the Forest
Beat to find out the details from him.
The forest Beat presented a different
picture then and 'even promised that
he would clear any misunderstanding
people have concerning .Gopal. After
receiving the information, Gopal once
again met the Beat and took him to
Kulawalli. The people had gathered,
Inamdar too was present and the
healed discussion began. Meanwhile
the Inamdar had sent a taxi to Kittur
and brought a police constable to be
part of the meeting. The Inamdar,
with the help of his “goondas” had
also brought the people of Machi to
this meeting. He had served large
amount of liquor to the people, of
Kulawalli and most of them were
drunk. Hence, no explanation from
Gopal or from his colleagues was of
any use as the people were not in a
position to understand but only
demand. The Forest Beat made no
attempt to tell the people that there
was no complaint lodged by Gopal,
ratlicr he began to dance to the tune
of die Inamdar. The Whole days dis
cussion was fruitless and ineffective.
Finally they all made Gopal agree to
pay to Inamdar Rs. 1000/- as compen
sation and ransom to redeem the
cycles. The Inamdar took the money
and promised to consider this amount
as community money and would be
spending it towards the repairs of die
village temple.
The trouble was not over. The next
day, the Forest Beat and the constable
turned up at Gopal’s residence and
demanded money for die help they
rendered to settle the matter. If not
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for them, they claimed, that Gopal
would have been made to pay a higher
amount and even would be beaten up.
They strongly believed that it is they
who pacified the people and hence
they should be well rewarded and ef
forts compensated. Finally they made
Gopal to part with Rs.300/-.
On the other hand, the Inamdar saw
the threat he would be facing soon
if he left things this way. He along
with one Mr.Prakash Marihal, a local
leader and a relative of a Jilla
Parishad member, met the people of
Kulawalli and demanded to accept the
following conditions:
i. Mahila Sangha of Machi should be
terminated
ii. Non-formal and literacy classes
must be stopped
iii. Kisan Nursery must be wound up
and
iv. Gopal and his team members
should not be permitted to enter the
village.
They also promised that they would
get the amount from Forest Officers
which was sanctioned for growing
Kisan Nursary. They almost forced the
villagers to go along with them to
Bailahongala, the taluk head
quarters, and meet the forest officials.
The RFO, of course, (lately declined
to advance any money towards Kisan
Nursery as he had to follow certain
norms. Hence the people were asked
to go back, but the people did not
return till they were paid some money
towards travel and food by the In
amdar.
The growth of Mahila Sangha, nonformal education, saving scheme
among the women, demand for
receipt by the villagers for the rent
paid etc., were all irritating factors
for the Inamdar and he wanted all
this to be stopped immediately. The
Inamdar had connections in the forest
department and somehow or the oilier
he came to know the details presented
in the annual report submitted to the
forest department. Hence, he played
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Editorial
RIO AND AFTER
RIO DE JANERIO hit the headlines of the global media during the
latter part of May and the first half of June. The “Earth Summit"
for the first time in the history of the world, held at Rio, witnessed
the biggest "mela” of political leaders and heads of States to
express their concern towards the well-being of this planet called
EARTH. The declarations were watered down to suit the interests
of the dominanjjiations of the world. The Bio Diversity Convention
was the bone of contention. The world powers threatened not to
sign the document unless it favored their interests. There is a
general feeling that this document has given in to the issue of
intellectual property and patents.
India showed keen interest in the Earth Summit and even in sign
ing the declarations. The political leadership vowed to do every
thing to preserve this Earth environmentally sound and safe for
the future generations to live.
On the other hand, it wasn't really a summit of those concerned.
The Multinational Corporations, World Bank and others dominated
the show and even controlled it. One wonders what they were
really interested in! The really concerned people from all over the
world were at a parallel gathering some 40 km away from Rio
Center.
It would be interesting to reflect on the following issues regarding
this great event which was the first of its kind: i) The interest the
world media showed on this issue before and during the event
has suddenly waned away, and as usual they have focused on
other interesting events like Wimbledon and Soon it will be on
Barcelona. Rio has become a part of history, a event to be
recorded and forgotten.
ii) Back home, the statement made by our leaders at Rio were
very encouraging, but the reality is disappointing and frustrating.
The very same people who made tall promises are unwilling to
have a second thought on the things they planned. For them
development is the other word for Exploitation. This' also rather
clear from the delegation our leaders permitted to go to Rio from
the NGO sector.
The need of the hour is to become aware of this issue and the
implications involved. Identify and make people alert of the
ecological degradation and our lopsided developmental policies.
It is necessary to inform all and sundry about what lies behind
the International Aid and how it subsidizes the multinational cor
porations. Let us keep our eyes and ears open to the havocs to
be caused from "Environmental Aid" that is to flow in.
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the game to subvert the work of the
team by playing different games and
creating problems.
Added to this, in Kulawalli and Machi
villages, lhe issue of giving land on
lease was often discussed. People
were becoming aware of the land
issue, Karnataka Land Reforms Act
and also about the abolition of Inamdari system etc. On the other hand
there were moves to get hold of the
degraded forest lands in order to
develop it not so much to provide
raw material to lhe Industry but to
provide the necessary forest based
things to lhe villagers. All these made
the people who had vested interests
to play their cards on lime and they
were quite earnest to bring a halt on
all lhe non-formal education, saving
schemes and specially lhe women*s or
ganisation.
Appeals were made to J ilia Parishad
to distribute the land, but as lhe
people were well aware, all these went
unheard as the close relatives of Jilla
Parishad members were involved in
the illegal felling of trees etc. During
these moments of frustration, over
whelming support came from lhe
neighbouring voluntary organisations
and also from FEVORD-K. The
President of FEVORD-K personally
visited the area along with the mem
bers of Samaja Parivarthana Samudhaya, a voluntary organisation based
in Dharward, which mainly takes up
issues pertaining to environment,
forests and land. They met the Deputy
Commissioner of Belgaum and
briefed him about the situation. The
group also visited Machi,
Galaginamada and Ningapur.
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all lhe persons concerned both in
Bangalore as well as in Kittur,
Bailahongala and Belgaum. All these
have become effective. The AC visited
lhe area and gave necessary access
to land documents to study lhe whole
issue and instructed his subordinates
to co-operate with voluntary organisa
tions in the study of lhe land issues
in Kulawalli and surrounding areas.
The Tahsildar of Bailahongala has
clearly slated that there is a genuine
ease which should be taken up for
public litigation.
At Machi, the PSI handed over
Rs.300/- to Machi Mahila Sangha to
replace the tiles of the shed where
lhe women had started a handloom.
This amount was donated by
Mr.Sadananda Kunavalli, a well
wisher of lhe team. He had close links
with the PSI as he had taught the
PSI during the latlcr*s schooling.
Though the DC of Belgaum had
promised to visit the villages, he failed
to fulfill his promise.
The whole incident shows
that the land is the main
issue, hi this area the Inamdari system still exists.
It requires a thorough
study of the issue.
The Asst.Tahsildar has visited the vil
lages and conducted a survey of the
land and with the help of our staff
lire villagers have filed applications for
land rights and land records. All this
has been done. Now an action plan
has been drawn up to tackle this issue
from state level as well as from the
village level. Opinion has been
mobilised and attempt, has been made
to document this process. This also
made the villagers aware of the whole
process and the working of the various
government officers, as they had to
meet them for various reasons. The
people arc confident that they will
own the land that they till today.
There is a general feeling that justice
is on their side.
SPS has come forward to study the
issue. FEVORD-K has taken it up
in its Consultative Committee meeting
and wrote officially to the persons
concerned in the Government
Departments. The. Government has
promised to look into litis matter and
the Development Commissioner
taking a serious note of this issue,
has written to lite persons concerned
in Belgaum, Bailahongala and Kittur.
From tlte office, the co-ordinaior of
FEDINA, wrote an official letter to
The-elders;told;us:^tlmost5W years.agothat thereis going to come;
of the grandfathers that bring the rain will begin to kill the trees as
The villagers of Ningapur and
Galaginamada promised full support
to the villagers of Machi and specially
to the Machi Mahila Sangha. The
people from these villages visited
Machi on the next day to express their
support and solidarity. The PSI of Kitlur, one Mr.M.A.Amarapur along
with his constables also visited Machi
and Kulawalli. A meeting was con
vened and the villagers saw through
the game played by the Forest Beat,
along with the Inamdar and others.
it happens with ueid rwnx
J;
We we.re taught that every chief nmsi have skin, seven spans thick to
Jhn^h^|^in^;:hHx^lich'
Indian chiefs Oaren Lyons at Rk? Earth Summit 1992
Quoted in India
July 1992
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Participatory Planning-Action Process
One of our long cherished drcams at
Chcngam was to start a Health Center
on top of the hill, due to the utter
lack of modern health care in the
project area. Moreover, since we have
to- walk about 15 to 20 kms to the
top of the hill the lack of a place to
keep even our personal belongings in
our project area was keenly felt. As
a practical and resource conservation
measure, we wanted to construct a
small room for our belongings
alongside the Health Center.
Due to several reasons, which in
hindsight seem quite trivial, we did
not initiate the process of concretizing
this until our monthly meeting in May.
Till then this remained in the ‘concept
and ideas’ plane. At
this particular meet
ing however, a dis
cussion was launched
into the needs and
future direction of
our work, during one
of our training ses
sions conducted by
our Bangalore office
staff.
Our initial approach
was to ask for a
monetary grant to
finance the construc
tion. But he led us
onto a deeper search
as to our perception
that this was the vital
requirement of the
people. This
broadened the scope of the discussion
and it was soon obvious that the
tribals did have their own health sys
tem which was an integrated part of
their life system. Moreover, a tribal
physician was also administering ade
quate medical aid to the people when
required specially for snake venom
and other poisons free of cost. Thus
it became obvious that though in our
perception a health center was a vital
necessity, it was not as important as
we thought it was. But it was realized
that though indigenous medicine was
effective for the majority of the ail
ments, it was inadequate in areas in
which modern allopathic medicine
could give succor to the people. In
recognition of this a First Aid Center
was proposed.
programs in the area. This was taken
up as a challenge. We were to be
ready for the inauguration in three
months, by Independence day —
August 15th, 1991.
Another necessity that the discussion
threw up was the fact that there was
no facility available for training or or
ganizing. Most of the facilities that
were used so far were makeshift and
thus impeded any organized mobiliza
tion or training effort for the people.
Once this was brought to the attention
of the group it was felt that more
attention should be paid to this aspect
of the problem. It was decided to con
struct a room adjoining the FAC for
training.
To our great surprise and pleasure,
land was donated by the villagers of
Pcrumullam. Since Murugcshan, one
of our staff, was from the same village,
it was felt that he could coordinate
the help that was volunteered by the
village. Work started with great en
thusiasm and went on in full swing
with the active participation of our
skiff and the villagers. But this initial
spurt of enthusiasm was soon dam
pened by the hostility and opposition
of some tribals from other villages.
We soon managed
to convince them of
our aims and that
the facility was for
them also. Then
came the opposition
of the forest officers
who felt threatened
by the peoples’ in
itiative. The unity of
the people who had
put in a lot of work
and were by now
firmly committed to
their project proved
to be a deterrent to
any mischief that
might have been
planned. Thus the
decision to involve
the people gave us
unexpected
dividends in the construction phase
itself.
The Training Center
We then turned our attention to the
means for getting the work done. All
arguments as to the necessity for aid
was persuasively turned down by
Promod who pointed out that unless
the group and the tribals look active
part in the construction and make
some contribution towards the actual
construction, the center would never
be totally accepted by the people.
Moreover he pointed out that this
could be an ideal test of the peoples
receptivity to our programs and could
be a gauge of the success of our past
conscicntization and mobilization
One issue that stands out in this
process convincingly demonstrates the
impact that our programs had on the
people and the identification of the
people with the center. The foresters
arc a terror to the people. In order
to stop the work and due to the fear
that the peoples unity caused to them,
one of the foresters physically as
saulted the carpenter and threatened
to foist false charges of sandal wood
smuggling on him. The area coor
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dinator Mr. Magimaidass was out of
station that day. Ms Ambika, one of
our staff, boldly confronted the forest
official and got him to apologize. The
people were also emboldened to
openly come out in support of our
action. This open opposition to the
forest officials is unprecedented.
Apart form our contribution of skills,
our only outlay was the hospitality ex
tended to the other workers. The land,
material and labor was contributed,
at very nominal rates, by the people
themselves. This has enervated the
people, and has shown them a con
crete manifestation of the People
Power that we had so often told them
about but which had always remained
something intangible and abstract for
them. For us too, in the group, it was
gratifying to see a concrete manifes
tation of our efforts at awareness
building and mass mobilization. The
self-confidence of the people, and the
self assurance that they had even in
face of the opposition of the forest
officers — whom they used to dread
— made all the effort worthwhile.
The center, which started off as just
a one room training center is now a
complex with a hall and a kitchen
totaling about 600 sq. feet surrounded
by fruit trees, plants, vegetables, a
place set apart for organic farming
and bee keeping on one half acre. It
was inaugurated on the 18th of Dee
1991. The enthusiastic tribals fenced
the whole area and laid out volley
and ring ball courts.
This is, of course, not the end of the
process. Indeed, there are enough in
dications — we already have firm
offers of land and labor donated free
for a school — to convince us that
this is only the beginning of a very
successful process that can be dupli
cated in other areas with a little effort.
The dynamism that is unleashed in
these processes of peoples participa
tion is truly tremendous. They arc
liberated from a feeling of being
pawns in the hands of fate and finally
— and for most, the first time — to
be in control of some part of a con
structive endeavor. They become ac
tive agents of their own liberation.
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BANGALORE
Fedina get-together
The long awaited get-together of the
Fedina family look place al Shubada,
Mangalore, from July 23rd to 25th.
Nearly 60 staff members from our
various project areas were present at
this get-together. As in previous years
this year loo we availed this oppor
World Health Day:
On April 20th, World Health Day was
celebrated at Ramanaikanahally al
Sarjapura. Health education classes
and other conscicntisation program
mes were part of the celebration. The
doctor and his team from Dommasandra Primary Health Centre con
ducted medical check up and gave
medicines to those who were sick.
freedom of expression !!!
tunity to equip ourselves with the cur
rent issues such as the new economic
policy and its impact on the society,
liberalisation, etc., These sessions in
no way marred the fun and fellowship
we usually have when the whole fedina
family come together.
PR A:
The co-ordinator of Fedina presented
a paper on Participatory Rural Ap
praisal (P.R.A) and its relevance for
NGO’s. The staff of ICRA, FEDINA
and Pipal Tree were present at the
occasion. He briefed us about the
basics of PR A and how to. conduct
this. In the ensuing group discussion
it was found that PRA worked best
in homogenous communities.
Environment Day:
World Environment Day was com
memorated at Baipanahalli with
various functions. Seedlings were dis
tributed to all those who took part
in the meeting. Cultural programmes
which highlighted the importance of
a healthy environment were enacted
to convey the message of environment
day.
Tribal Arts Festival:
For the first lime an art festival of
tribals was conducted at Tumkur
Government College from May 27th
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io 31sl Tribal artists from H.D. Kotc,
Hunsur, B.R. Hills, Kanakapura and
Kodagu areas look part in this festival.
The twenty member delegation of
B.K.S. was led by their leaders
Somanna, Rajanna and Manjunath.
cholera and the deaths, some tribals
have left the hadi and moved to other
places. B.K.S. representatives visited
the colony and provided medicines
and other help to those who were
still there.
Re-organisation:
In an effort to improve the functioning
of Fedina at Nilgiris, the project area
is now divided into three areas. The
areas arc: Ambalamoola, Kottad and
Bilherkad. Each area has a com
munity development worker to or
ganise the programmes.
Training programme:
For the colony committee repre
sentatives of Nilgiris, a three day
training programme was conducted at
Sulthan Bathcry. During the three
days of training Luckosc Jacob, K.K.
George, E.T. Raju, Philiposc V. and
P.C. Jose took classes on various
topics. Ms. Bella Rosario of Oxfam
also addressed the participants.
New centres:
experimenting collective farming
Traditional art works of tribal com
munities of Ycravas, Soligas, Bcltakurubas and Koragas were
presented at the festival.
Minister of Forest visits
Adivasi colony:
Mr. E.T. Shambhunath, Minister of
Forest, visited Damanakatc colony in
H.D. Kote on April 11th. Smt.
Chandraprabha Urs, M.P. from Hun
sur, also had accompanied the Min
ister. The purpose of the visit was to
study the situation of the tribals and
to hear their grievances. Nearly 1000
tribals had come to meet the Minister
and to brief him about the problems
they are facing. Mr. Shambhunath has
assured the people that he will look
into the matter and efforts will be
made to solve their problems in the
near future.
Cholera claims five lives:
At Kanthanahadi, near Sargur, five
tribals died of cholera in the month
of May. Following the attack of
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From darkness to light:
The people of Mclthatliapatlu village
in Jawadu Hills who were deprived
of electricity-for the past 14 years have
once again managed to have bulbs
burning in their homes, thanks to the
constant struggle they had with the
Electricity Board Authorities. The vil
lage was electrified as early as 1977
and for about one year die villagers
had a good time looking at their
children studying under electric
lamps. However, things changed much
within a year and they were in the
list of electrified villages of the
government. The electric lines and
posts stand testimony to it sans
electric power.
Ten more new centres have been
identified at Nilgiris and work has al
ready begun. A total of forty tribal
hadis are now covered by our
programme. Literacy classes arc con
ducted at the new centres as an entry
point
South Indian Meeting:
Delegates from different Adivasi
groups working and living in different
places in South India (Kerala, Kar
nataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra
Pradesh) met for the first time at Atlappadi near Palghal from 21st to 25th
June 1992. The meeting, first of its
kind in South India, discussed the
problems faced by the tribals espe
cially South Indian tribals.
From the first day Fcdina-Scope They have decided to have an All
started working in Jawadu Hills, we India Adivasi Meeting in Wayanad in
were fighting with the authorities to October 1992. Wayanad A AS repre
sentatives Kumar Vazhavatta, Balan
get this facility back. The 14 year long
V.P., Shankaran Kalloor, Kuttan Putcurse was lifted thanks to the pressure
from the people and our staff at ChcneoAl$.S{W»yTAnd Adivasi Development
gam. The village is lighted once agaim^gCpmmiiteeH’Spf^n^^s C.K.Jan,
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JANASNAKTI
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July 1992
for its forests and beauty. Stripped
of its original nature and greenery,
Wayanad is too fragile now to resist
the unlimited power unlcascd espe
cially when nature becomes ferocious
at times like monsoon. Vazhavatia
Vanitha Committee’s prestigious co
operative plantain cultivation was
completely destroyed by the floods.
Adivasi Aikya Samithi and Fedina
representatives visited the flood af
fected places and met for contingency
relief plans. Elsewhere in the district
monsoon landslides and flash floods
claimed fifteen lives. Apart from huge
losses to the cultivation, the flood has
caused severe hardship to the people.
Our team at Wayanad is in full swing
to cope up with the situation.
khtur"
social forestry: a long way to go
Thanka, Narayanan, Jayan and Balan
attended the Attappady convention.
Women’s seminar:
Women’s seminars were conducted in
Kuppady and Vengoor centre of
Bathery area. The role of Adivasi
women in the development of an in
digenous society was discussed in
detail during the seminars. Agnes
Lukose, Leelamma Thomas,
C.KJames and Shantha moderated
and gave guidance to the seminar.
Babu V.P, Mani Kottoor, Babu Valassery, Kcsavan, Onan, K.G.Balakrishnan and E.T.Raju gave felicitations.
Plantations destroyed:
Wet another environmental hazard. In
the earlier days Wayanad was famous
The coordinator along with Vasu from
Bangalore office visited Kittur and
had meetings with our staff there. An
evaluation of the previous year’s ac
tivities and chalking out future
programmes at Kittur were the main
highlights of the meeting. This visit
has given a moral boost for the team
at Kittur.
Community hall at
Vaduvanchal:
A community hall has been built for
Vaduvanchal area at Valassery centre.
The hall will be a multipurpose One
as it will function as area office also.
Made by the voluntary pooling of
human resources by the AAS mem
bers, the building is testimony to die
growing co-operation and together
ness among ind igenous people of
Wayanad. On June 10th, the AAS
president Kuman Valamvayal in
augurated the hall in the presence of
hundreds of Adivasis. Lukose Jacob,
Attempts to Restore Nature to its glory
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